"Don't overthink it, I want to spend my lifetime with you, and there's still a long life ahead. How could you possibly lose favor?"
I walked him down to the lobby, "Why don't you take a stroll nearby… uh… Beichen? Xiao Li…"
In the lobby downstairs, Beichen and Xiao Li were busily working.
Beichen seemed to be in good spirits; the curse was lifted, and apparently, there were no lingering effects.
"I must be hearing things, did you tell Snake Lord to go for a stroll?"
Beichen looked as if he couldn't believe his own ears.
Xiao Li retorted with annoyance, "Can't snakes go for strolls? Ouyang Ke in 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' raised snakes, and often let them go for strolls, didn't he?"
"That's a valid point, I can't argue with that." Beichen surrendered in a second.
Xiao Li could hardly contain her laughter.
I was afraid my mom and Lin Huan had been waiting upstairs for too long, so I coughed lightly, "Ahem, I'm going upstairs."
"Mm." Yu Longting's lips curled up, revealing a particularly tender smile.
I was almost bewitched and got dizzy.
Rushing back to my senses, I hurried upstairs.
He had just been acting awkward, and now he's been coaxed so soon?
But when he smiles, it's really devilishly charming; Immortal Liu even asked him to use Charm Technique to bewitch me.
With a face that could kill, who needs any damn Charm Technique...
In the room, smoke was swirling around.
Lin Huan was so annoyed; he sat there smoking.
Seeing me come in, he hurriedly stubbed out the cigarette and even went to open the window to air out the room.
"Thank you." I bowed to Lin Huan.
Lin Huan took a seat at the table, "Your mom went to change clothes."
"Okay." I stood opposite him.
Lin Huan, seeing my restraint, said gravely, "Sit down."
"Yes." I sat down opposite Lin Huan.
I was a bit extreme earlier in my anger.
In the silence as heavy as the air itself,
I deeply…
reflected on something.
Even if I don't acknowledge him as my grandfather, there's a natural sense of reverence for Lin Huan in my heart.
It wasn't two minutes,
before my mom came back quickly.
She went into the adjoining washroom, put on a clean dark shirt, and professional black trousers.
She must have cleaned and treated the injuries, because right now you couldn't tell at all.
"Wanwan, it wasn't your grandfather's fault that Mom left the Lin Family," my mom started seriously as soon as she sat down, "It was because Mom did something wrong back then that she was expelled from the Lin Family."
I didn't speak, quietly waiting for her to continue.
My mom sighed, "Your grandfather thought that your father wasn't good enough for me and strongly opposed the marriage. Nonetheless, I married him resolutely and in turn was disowned by your grandfather in a fit of anger from the Lin Family."
"Father is a descendant of the Su Family. Although it's not a big family like the Lin Family, that doesn't mean he wasn't good enough…" I started to ask but seemed to already have the answer in my heart.
My mom, while speaking, was continuously twisting the hem of her clothes, clearly showing her inner conflict, "Your… grandfather… primarily accused your father of having poor character. I thought he was inaccurate in judging people and was very rebellious, so I didn't listen to him."
"The facts prove that Su Chongwen is scum among scum," said Lin Huan with a twinge of irony in his voice.
My mom still tried to defend my dad a bit, "All those things were Lin Gang's side of the story, it might not necessarily be Chongwen…"
"I remember Wanwan said she and Yu Longting had already found out. What's this? Didn't Wanwan tell you anything?"
Lin Huan let out a cold snort.
My mom's pupils contracted sharply, "Wanwan… knows… everything…???"
Lin Huan bowed his head to drink tea, too lazy to deal with her.
Perhaps in Lin Huan's eyes, both my mom and I were idiots blinded by love.
"Wanwan, since you've found out all those things your dad did to you, why didn't you tell me?" My mom paused for a while, asking me in a puzzled tone.
Before I could speak, Lin Huan curled his lips with disdain, "Would you have believed her if Wanwan was willing to speak? She's so good-natured, would she say things to make you sad? She would rather suffer herself."